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TIL The majority of Americans disagreed with interracial marriage until 1994

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8eNgX TIL Halle Berry personally accepted her Worst Actor Razzie for 'Catwoman,' humorously holding her 'Monster's Ball' Oscar in one hand and the Razzie in the other during her acceptance speech.
E1m5d TIL in 2010 a Black man named Kalief Browder spent 2 years in solidarity confinement over an alleged theft of a backpack.
v1B9R TIL a 54 year old New Yorker called Darius McCollum has been arrested over 30 times for illegally driving New York City public transport. He claims an overwhelming compulsion to do this due to this Asperger's. He is currently locked up with little chance of release.
Qo7M TIL that the last words of Peter Kürten, a serial killer executed by guillotine, said “Tell me—after my head is chopped off, will I still be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from the stump of my neck? That would be the pleasure to end all pleasures.”
mx9yy TIL that not only has "Meet The Press" been on television since 1947, it's first moderator was a woman - Martha Rountree. She was also a producer on the show.